KDDI Summer 2008 Collection announced. Following the last report, SoftBank Summer 2008 Collection announced, now it’s time for the third of the largest mobile operators in Japan, KDDI. The company revealed its predictably spectacular Summer 2008 lineup with entrants from Kyocera, Sony Ericsson, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, Casio, and Korea’s Pantech. Here’s KDDI’s offering: Continue reading ‘KDDI Summer 2008 Collection announced’
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Sidekick PV210 (aka Sharp PV210) on FCC. The FCC just approved Sidekick PV210 aka Sharp PV210. Look at the “Powered by DANGER”, it confirms that the FCC label belongs to a Sidekick. A quick look at the test reports confirm that this new Sidekick won’t come with 3G connectivity, yeah it may disappoint a fair number of people.
Sharp to enter Chinese Market before Beijing Olympics. Sharp is making plans to enter the Chinese handset market ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
“There is a growing number of consumers in China who want to buy high-tech handsets, such as those equipped with cameras almost as good as digital cameras, even if they are expensive,” Sharp spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama said on Friday. Continue reading ‘Sharp to enter Chinese Market before Beijing Olympics’
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Disney Mobile Phone. Disney Mobile, the defunct MVNO that closed-up shop in the US after less-than-stellar sales has teamed up with Softbank to offer some co-branded handsets that glitter like Disney’s renewed hopes in a new MVNO market.
Disney Mobile DM001SH is the first handset offering from the revived MVNO - basically a rebranded Sharp 821SH. In addition to the Disney branding. DM001SH offers the same 3G radio, 2 megapixel camera, 400 x 240 display (60 x 32 external display), one-seg mobile TV, and FeliCa that you’ll find on the Sharp 821SH. Continue reading ‘Disney Mobile Phone - DM001SH (rebranded Sharp 821SH)’
Android OS Hacked to Run on Sharp Devices. We may not be able to buy a cellphone running Google’s new Android operating system yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t run the OS on a mobile device. While official Google Android devices are still a good year from hitting the market (at least according to Google), the free availability of the Android SDK and the emulator has brought all those talented hackers out of the woodwork.
A Hungarian coding-team that calls themselves Eu.Edge realized that the Android OS is capable of running on virtually any device with an ARMv5TE processor. What followed was a slew of Sharp handhelds being tweaked to run the highly-anticipated Android OS. The Sharp Sl-C760, C3000M, SL-C3000, and SL-6000 have all gotten the Android-treatment. Continue reading ‘Android OS Hacked to Run on Sharp Devices’
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